Help: Hood wont close
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I took out my hood latch to take off the bottom radiator support, and now my hood wont close after i put the latch back on HElp what do i do?!?!?!?!?!
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Usually you just have to move it a little to the right or left. Shoul'nt be that big of a problem. You probaly have it fixed already. Maybe someone else here had this problem. Loosen the bolts move it a little and tahts it. John
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yea the problem is that there's like 5 or 6 bolts that dictates what direction it goes in...left or right..up or down. I got it down for th emost part. When i pull the hood release now, it doesnt pop up, and part of the pass side is a little higher. I guess it's as good as im gonna get tho.
I got more cut up today than when i did the header install
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You can move the latch a little and also spray wd40 on it to release easier. I"ve saw body shop guys bend the hood a little by hand by just pushing down on it to make it sit lower. I think he did it on one of my past camaro's. I also did it on my astro van. Like the other reply stated you can adjust the stoppers, raise it up a little to put more pressure for the release. John